On April 23, on the occasion of the 26th World Book Day, the National Library and Beijing Park Management Center jointly organized “Walking in the Time and Space of Reading-The 16th Wenjin Book Award Release and Beijing Park Reading Culture Season launch event”.
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This event officially opened in the singing of “Youth Walk” from the children of the primary school affiliated to Beijing Dayu Middle School. The host recited the relevant fragments of Shen Congwen’s “Miscellaneous Notes of Ji Qing Xuan” at different scenic spots in Ji Qing Xuan. The real scene and the text echoed each other, showing the unique charm of the new space for reading culture in the Summer Palace-“Yi Qing Xuan” The audience experienced the in-depth reading pleasure of cultural and tourism; Lin Chen, the representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage project, performed the classic guqin song “Flowing Water” in Qingqin Gorge, adding the humanistic beauty of mountains and flowing water to the peaceful natural scenery. The purpose of this activity is to let reading go out of the traditional study and library, so that readers can not only feel the book fragrance of the garden, but also appreciate the beauty of history, speculation and reading.
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On the same day, 20 titles including “Prehistoric Modernization: From Hunting and Gathering to the Origin of Agriculture”, “Shallow Deep Sea”, “Button Soldiers”, etc., were announced at the 16th Wenjin Book Award. 49 titles were recommended.
Award-winning books
The selection of this Wenjin Book Award was officially launched on December 10, 2020. The selection range includes from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020 (according to the time recorded on the copyright page), and is managed by the national publication administration The Chinese version of books that are officially published and publicly distributed (including restricted to domestic distribution) in the country by the publishing agency approved by the department does not include reprints and reprints that have won the Wenjin Book Award. As of January 15, 2021, a total of 1,991 books (including 1,008 social sciences, 388 popular sciences, and 595 children) have been recommended by libraries, publishers, readers, judges, etc. There are 1,873 kinds of books, a record number. In this year’s Wenjin Book Awards, 206 publishers participated in the recommendation; 97 libraries participated in the recommendation and preliminary evaluation, an increase of 43% compared with last year. After preliminary evaluation and final evaluation, the award-winning books and recommended books are finally selected.
Zhu Yongxin, Wang Yusheng, and Zhuang Jian reviewed the selection of this year’s Wenjin Book Awards from the three categories of children, science popularization and social sciences. Zhu Yongxin and Wang Dongbo presented awards to the children’s award-winning book authors and publisher representatives, and Ding Mei and Wang Yusheng contributed to the science popularization. The award-winning book authors and publisher representatives presented awards. Rao Quan and Yu Jiannan presented awards to the social science award-winning book authors and publisher representatives. The award-winning author representatives Li Donghua, Shi Jun and Chen Shengqian gave wonderful acceptance speeches.
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Starting from April 23, the National Library of China will hold an award-winning book exhibition in the north area of the main library, and set up a special shelf for the 16th Wenjin Book Awards and recommended books in the Chinese book area.
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The event site also displayed representative Beijing park reading spaces and national library special theme reading spaces. Among them, Kuixue Hall in Beihai Park displays more than forty calligraphy stone carvings including Wang Xizhi’s “Quick Snow and Clear Stickers”; Shuangqing Villa in Xiangshan Park prepares rich revolutionary history books for visitors; Youxian Mountain in Zizhuyuan Park The library relies on the rich cultural resources of the National Library to create a comprehensive public cultural space with a strong reading culture.
It is reported that the Chinese Library Association and the provincial library science (association) associations have recommended 53 special reading spaces explored and constructed by libraries outside the library area, including Zhejiang Province, which combines the themes of the library and the homestay. Qingtian County Library “Sit and Forget Worry” Homestay Book House; The Lighthouse Library of Yantian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, which superimposes the shape of a lighthouse and a ship; Built at an altitude of 275 meters, Tianjin “Tianta West Bank Study House” can be rotated 360 degrees ; Located in the world cultural heritage of Henan Songyang Academy, it is both an archaeological site and a royal palace. In addition, there are dozens of other special reading spaces with different styles, diversified functions and suitable for different reading needs, making reading pleasing to the eye.
The 16th Wenjin Book Award Winning Books
Title: Prehistoric Modernization: From Hunting-Gathering to Agricultural Origins
Author: Chen Shengqian
Publisher: Life·Reading·Xinzhi Sanlian Bookstore
ISBN: 978-7-108-06876-7
Publication time: September 2020
Title: The Power of Reading: From Socrates to Twitter
Author: (English) Frank Furidi; Xu Tao, Li Sifan
Publisher: Peking University Press
ISBN: 978-7-301-31672-6
Publication time: November 2020
Title: Tinder: Searching for China’s Rejuvenation
Author: Liu system with
Publisher: Shanghai People’s Publishing House
ISBN: 978-7-208-16537-3
Publication time: December 2020
Title: Great Civilization Scene: Follow the front-line archaeological team through history
Author: Li Ling, Liu Bin, Xu Hong waiting
Publisher: Life·Reading·Xinzhi Sanlian Bookstore
ISBN: 978-7-108-06796-8
Publication time: July 2020
Title: The Temperature of Medicine
Author: Han Qide
Publisher: Commercial Press
ISBN: 978-7-100-18986-6
Publication time: October 2020
Title: Who is looking at Chinese paintings
Author: (English) Colige; Translated by Liang Xiao
Publisher: Guangxi Normal University Press
ISBN: 978-7-5598-2329-8
Publication time: April 2020
Title: Story of Han Painting: Memory Carved on Stone
Author: Zhang Daoyi
Publisher: Zhonghua Book Company
ISBN: 978-7-101-14226-6
Publication time: May 2020
Title: The Academic Life of Qian Zhongshu
Author: Wang Shuizhao
Publisher: Zhonghua Book Company
ISBN: 978-7-101-14729-2
Publication time: November 2020
Title: Deep Sea and Shallow Talk
Author: Wang Pinxian
Publisher: Shanghai Science and Education Press
ISBN: 978-7-5428-7335-4
Publication time: October 2020
Title: Breaking the Sky: The Amazing Power of Gene Editing
Author: (United States) Jennifer Dudna, (United States) Samuel Sternberg; translated by Fu He; proofread by Yuan Duanduan
Publisher: Hunan Science and Technology Press
ISBN: 978-7-5710-0328-9
Publication time: November 2020
Title: Six-pole Physics
Author: Yan Bojun
Publisher: Relay Publishing House
ISBN: 978-7-5448-6602-6
Publication time: May 2020
Title: The Beauty of Formula
Author: Edited by the Quantum School
Publisher: Peking University Press
ISBN: 978-7-301-31449-4
Publication time: September 2020
Title: A Brief History of the Human Body: Your Body Is 3 Billion Years Old
Author: (English) by Bill Bryson; translated by Lu Jia
Publisher: Wenhui Publishing House
ISBN: 978-7-5496-3178-0
Publication time: June 2020
Title: Actually you don’t understand evolution
Author: Shi Jun
Publisher: World Book Publishing Company
ISBN: 978-7-5192-7673-7
Publication time: August 2020
Title: Button Soldier
Author: Jiuer
Publisher: Guizhou People’s Publishing House
ISBN: 978-7-221-15581-8
Publication time: March 2020
Title: Everyone is important
Author: (Norway) Christine Roshift Text/Picture; Translated by Zou Wenyan
Publisher: Tomorrow Publishing House
ISBN: 978-7-5708-0666-9
Publication time: June 2020
Title: Xiaoman
Author: Li Donghua
Publisher: Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House
ISBN: 978-7-5702-1266-8
Publication time: May 2020
Title: So fun, Peking Opera!
Author: Zhang Daxia · Painted
Publisher: Guizhou Education Press
ISBN: 978-7-5456-1307-0
Publication time: April 2020
Title: That’s how Chinese characters come: Enter the world of Chinese characters
Author: Meng Zhuozhu
Publisher: Hunan Children’s Publishing House
ISBN: 978-7-5562-5191-9
Publication time: August 2020
Title: Tiangong Kaiwu: An Encyclopedia of Ancient Chinese Science and Technology for Children
Author: edited by Long Yi; painted by Fu Fang; edited by Tongqu Publishing Company
Publisher: People’s Posts and Telecommunications Publishing House
ISBN: 978-7-115-54064-5
Publication time: August 2020
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